Category: Photojournalism
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Pulitzer-winning photographer Marcus Yam on capturing tragedy and humanity | PBS NewsHour
Pulitzer-winning photographer Marcus Yam on capturing tragedy and humanity Marcus Yam is a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times and the winner of two Pulitzers. Having covered California wildfires extensively, he is deeply familiar with the challenge of documenting tragedy and humanity up close. Yam offers his Brief but via PBS NewsHour: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pulitzer-winning-photographer-marcus-yam-on-capturing-tragedy-and-humanity Marcus…
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Remembering John Shearer, Iconic LIFE Magazine Photographer | Time
Remembering John Shearer, Photographer of Iconic American Moments Shearer died at 72 on June 22 via Time: https://time.com/5615605/john-shearer-photographer-obituary/ John Shearer captured on camera iconic American moments ranging from John-John’s salute of John F. Kennedy’s casket to Muhammad Ali’s 1971 fight with Joe Frazier. But his favorite project, according to his wife Marianne, was a story…
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Trump’s Napalm Girl: Consequences of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter – Reading The Pictures
Trump’s Napalm Girl: Consequences of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter – Reading The Pictures The significance of the drowning photograph: America at a tipping point. What it says about Trump. When a photo like this should be seen. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2019/06/migrant-father-daughter-drowning/ We cannot know in this moment, but I suspect that this…
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The story of my second arrest | You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story
The story of my second arrest July 19, 1994. About 3 pm. I’m standing on a canal bank in south central Bakersfield, talking with some members of the Kern County Sheriff’s Department’s Search and Rescue team. T… via You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story: https://johnhartephoto.wordpress.com/2019/06/23/the-story-of-my-second-arrest/ July 19, 1994. About 3…
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Amish and Mennonite Photo Coverage in Face of Sexual Abuse, #MeToo – Reading The Pictures
Amish and Mennonite Photo Coverage in Face of Sexual Abuse, #MeToo – Reading The Pictures Because posing for a photo can be interpreted as a form of pride, scenes of the accused often resemble paparazzi shots or perp walks. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2019/06/amish-mennonites-sexual-abuse/ As it happens, visual depictions of Amish and conservative Mennonite communities…
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Photographer Tom Fox on encounter with Dallas gunman: ‘He’s going to look at me around that corner’ and shoot | Dallas | Dallas News
Photographer Tom Fox on encounter with Dallas gunman: ‘He’s going to look at me around that corner’ and shoot Veteran Dallas Morning News photojournalist Tom Fox on Monday said he thought he “was gone” when he hid in an alcove from a heavily armed… via Dallas News: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2019/06/17/dmn-photographers-encounter-gunman-going-look-around-corner-going-shoot Veteran Dallas Morning News photojournalist Tom Fox…
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Photographer Stephen Dupont looks back – a picture essay | Art and design | The Guardian
Photographer Stephen Dupont looks back – a picture essay The renowned Australian photographer looks back at 10 of his most memorable images and why they had an impact via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jun/14/photographer-stephen-dupont-looks-back-a-picture-essay The renowned Australian photographer chooses 10 of his most memorable images and explains why they had an impact. He is talking at Aperture,…
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Foto Féminas presents: Rueda Photos collective – Witness
Foto Féminas presents: Rueda Photos collective A selection from Latin American and Caribbean online platform Foto Féminas, curated by Verónica Sanchis Bencomo via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/foto-f%C3%A9minas-presents-rueda-photos-collective-8fab488c2ea A selection from Latin American and Caribbean online platform Foto Féminas, curated by Verónica Sanchis Bencomo
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Meet a Pro: Carol Guzy, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
[contentcards url=”https://www.adorama.com/alc/meet-a-pro-pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-carol-guzy”] Meet a Pro: Carol Guzy, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist The only journalist to be honored with four Pulitzer Prizes, Carol Guzy was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and attended the local Northampton County Area Community College, graduating with an Associate’s degree in Registered Nursing. But her true passion was photography, and that led her to…
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 June 2019 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 June 2019 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – it seems incredibly appropriate in a week when freedom of the press in Australia has come under attack to feature an exhibition of the 2018… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2019/06/07/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-7-june-2019/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up –…
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A Life in a Sea of Red – British Journal of Photography
A Life in a Sea of Red Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Liu Heung Shing, the photojournalist who captured the transformation of China, reflects on his coverage of the protests and his wider body of work via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/06/a-life-in-a-sea-of-red/ Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Liu Heung Shing, the…
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20 Photographers From a Decade of Lens – The New York Times
20 Photographers From a Decade of Lens Our mixtape continues with more photos and videos that have appeared in The New York Times Lens column over the past decade. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/lens/20-photographers-from-a-decade-of-lens.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Our mixtape continues with more photos and videos that have appeared in The New York Times Lens column over the past decade.
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10 Years of Photography, and Lens – The New York Times
10 Years of Photography, and Lens A look back at a decade of The New York Times Lens column. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/lens/10-years-of-photography-and-lens.html?partner=rss&emc=rss A look back at a decade of The New York Times Lens column.
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20 Rising Female Photojournalists You Should Know – Artsy
These 20 Women Are the New Faces of Photojournalism These early-career photographers bring distinctive and critical perspectives to the photojournalism and documentary field. via Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-20-women-new-faces-photojournalism Here, we present 20 female photojournalists and documentary photographers who are on the rise. Each of them herald change to the field in their visual style, unique perspective, and…
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New York Times Closes Lens Blog: A Hiatus or the End? | PDNPulse
New York Times Closes Lens Blog: A Hiatus or the End? | PDNPulse Meagan Looram, The NY Times DOP bid “a final nod” to the blog which has boosted many photographers’ careers while also saying the blog would “evolve.” via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/05/new-york-times-closes-lens-blog-a-hiatus-or-the-end.html Lens, the photo blog of The New York Times, will stop publishing at…
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“We should make every effort to bear in mind that our own perspective also has an influence on the…
“We should make every effort to bear in mind that our own perspective also has an influence on the… After giving the Sem Presser Lecture, supported byDuPho, during the World Press Photo Festival 2019, Aida Muluneh speaks about the impact… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/we-should-make-every-effort-to-bear-in-mind-that-our-own-perspective-also-has-an-influence-on-the-2cd88a56daee After giving the Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, during the World…
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Photographic Storytelling: A Poverty of Theory – Witness
Photographic Storytelling: A Poverty of Theory ‘I’m going to tell you a story.’ I doubt I am alone in finding this simple sentence amongst the most enticing in the English language… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/photographic-storytelling-a-poverty-of-theory-2def0ba48031 I doubt I am alone in finding this simple sentence amongst the most enticing in the English language. It is…
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How Rhinos Changed the Trajectory of Ami Vitale’s Career – PhotoShelter Blog
How Rhinos Changed the Trajectory of Ami Vitale’s Career – PhotoShelter Blog For a long time, Ami Vitale’s dream was to be a war correspondent. After graduating with an International Relations degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, she worked as an Editor at the Associated Press and then moved abroad to pursue journalism, eventually becomin via PhotoShelter…
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Cameras Construct Reality Rather Than Capture Truth
Cameras Construct Reality Rather Than Capture Truth With more cameras than citizens, why do governments still find themselves unable to catch criminals and why do we as a society still struggle to define the “truth” about what really happened in major societal events? via Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/04/20/cameras-construct-reality-rather-than-capture-truth/#6099fc1d3ddb One of the greatest falsehoods about photography and videography…
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New book, Images in Transition, makes us question the notion of truth in photo journalism – Feature Shoot
New book, Images in Transition, makes us question the notion of truth in photo journalism – Feature Shoot David Pace got his first camera when he was just eight years old — a little plastic Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. Since then, he has displayed an exceptional ability to portray… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2019/04/new-book-images-in-transition-makes-us-question-the-notion-of-truth-in-photo-journalism/ David Pace got…